The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART II Awards where state pension credit is payable

9.—(1) Where a person on state pension credit is awarded housing benefit, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—

(a) his weekly eligible rates, if any;

(b) his weekly eligible rent, if any;

(c) the amount and an explanation of any deduction made under paragraph 6(2) or (3) of Schedule 1, if any, and that the deduction may be varied if he provides to the authority evidence on which it may estimate the actual or approximate amount of that service charge;

(d) the amount of, and the category of, non-dependant deductions made under regulation 53, if any;

(e) the normal weekly amount of rent allowance, or rent rebate or rate rebate, as the case may be, to which he is entitled;

(f) in the case of a rent allowance and a rate rebate paid as if it were a rent allowance, the day of payment, and the period in respect of which payment of that allowance is to be made;

(g) the first day of entitlement to an allowance or rebate; and

(h) his duty to notify any change of circumstances which might affect his entitlement to, or the amount of, housing benefit and (without prejudice to the extent of the duty owed under regulation 65 the kind of change of circumstances which is to be notified, either upon the notice or by reference to some other document available to him on application and without charge.

(2) In a case where a person on state pension credit has entitlement only to the savings credit, the following additional matters shall also be set out—

(a) the applicable amount and the basis of calculation;

(b) the amount of the savings credit taken into account;

(c) the amount of the person’s income and capital as notified to the relevant authority by the Department and taken into account for the purposes of the housing benefit assessment;

(d) any modification of the claimant’s income or capital made in accordance with regulation 25; and

(e) the amount of the claimant’s capital if regulation 25(7) applies in his case.